On this we agree!
I know several parents (in real life, actual parents of Northeastern seniors) who are somewhere between melting down and just having a quiet crisis because it’s late April and their kid still doesn’t have a job post-graduation.
This is not a Northeastern thing- this is an everywhere thing and reflects the economy, political uncertainty, reduced hiring targets, and tariffs. None of which have anything to do with Northeastern. But these are people who stretched to afford Northeastern specifically to AVOID this- as if paying more for college somehow insulates you from the overall economy? Clearly it doesn’t.
But tell that to the parents who assumed “coop equals financial security” or to the kids who assumed "going to Northeastern means I won’t have to hit the pavement like my friends at U Conn or U Mass or UVM ". So it will be interesting to see how quickly these families understand the new reality- there are no guarantees. Even if your CS kid had three prestigious coops at Northeastern- a coop is not a guarantee of a full time offer, and if tech pulls back (as it has) your kid is going to need to flex- just like every other new grad.
Don’t want to move to Dayton OH to work on systems upgrades for a manufacturer of industrial elevators? Hey, don’t say no too quickly. Your finance major doesn’t want to live in Wabash as a FP&A analyst for a dairy cooperative? Maybe it will teach her things that the big shot job at State Street or Fidelity wouldn’t have taught her.
Everyone is going to learn new skills in the new reality!